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STEPS star Ian ‘H’ Watkins has revealed he has been battling an “awful” health issue for four months.
The singer, 48, says he has lost half of his vocal range after being struck down with a mystery virus.
Claiming the illness has ‘knocked him for six’, H said he would have had to put the brakes on if Steps was currently touring.
H told Heat magazine: “When we launched Steps The Musical in Birmingham, I had this awful virus and I still have not recovered from that.
“So, if I had been asked to do a show, I would have had to have cancelled.
“Half of my range has just gone. It knocked me for six.”
Welsh singer H was 20 years old when he found fame as one fifth of pop group Steps.
But prior to that, he had debated a career in art.
Age 18, he had been offered a place at Cardiff School of Art and Design but he turned it down to focus on music.
H has now returned to his first love and will soon be teaching art to school kids.
He also told Heat: “I am going to our local school to teach the kids art. I’m very privileged that I can do the school run, paint, take a little job here and there.”
H has transformed his Instagram account into a gallery of his most recent art work.
Last week, he shared a stunning painting of a field full of yellow flowers alongside a video of himself creating it.
H told his followers: “Since my art is such a heartfelt tribute to Wales and its landscapes, I wanna take this moment to wish you all a very happy St David’s Day.
“It’s also a chance for me to reflect on how lucky I am to call this beautiful and inspiring place both my home and my muse.”
H also told BBC News: “I packed up my artistic dreams in a box and put it on the top shelf.
“I always knew I would open it up one day. And now’s that time.”
Meanwhile, last November Steps launched their musical tour Hear & Now.
The show is packed with the band’s hit songs and will be touring the UK this summer and into 2026.
Steps told The Sun last month that they hope to turn Hear & Now into a movie, while also plotting a plan to perform at Glastonbury.
MARRIED At First Sight Australia has a groom who has a glowing acting career – and despite trying to keep it under wraps, it has been exposed.
Hunky groom Ryan Donnelly, 36, has a secret acting career which has now been exposed amid his appearance on the hit dating-reality show.
The Aussie hunk has starred in a Hollywood movie, and has also popped up in a legendary TV series.
Despite his glowing acting credits, Ryan doesn’t want people to know about it – but due to his MAFS stint, this has all been exposed.
Ryan, who was described as “adventurous, confident and instinctively protective” ahead of his MAFS appearance, is paired up with Jacqui Burfoot – whom he married on the hit show.
But despite him currently starring in Married At First Sight, just last month Ryan was spotted on the streets of Sydney on as he filmed for a major Hollywood film.
Ryan was seen donning a suit as he filmed for the flick at the start of February, with Hollywood hunk Dylan O’Brien also spotted filming for the movie.
Last September when it was publicly revealed that Ryan was joining MAFS, the aspiring actor deactivated his StarNow and TheRightFit profiles, according to several reports.
Trying to keep his acting career concealed, Ryan didn’t manage to wipe EVERY trace from the internet because there are pictures circulating social media that were on his Instagram account from his acting antics.
In some of the snaps, Ryan can be seen all dressed up as a police officer, with it reported that he previously had roles in Neighbours and NCIS: Sydney.
But that isn’t the end of Ryan’s appearances on the big and small screens, because he was previously on ANOTHER reality show before his MAFS stint.
Appearing on Beauty and The Geek, one fan even took to TikTok to say: “Do I need glasses or is that Ryan?” after discovering him in an old episode.
“Yes, he is an actor,” said one person.
“Oh I have HEARD they’ve been recycling actors on these shows,” penned a second.
This comes after the episode aired in the UK that showed Ryan marry Jacqui on MAFS Australia.
Fitness lover Ryan was even apologetic and said “I’m SO sorry” to his bride after a rookie move, just hours after they said “I Do”.
Lauren, 37, Business Owner, and Clint, 43, Pro Golfer
Eliot, 35, Business Owner, and Veronica, 32, Personal Trainer/Actor
Beth, 28, Salon Manager, and Teejay, 28, Business Development Manager
Jacqui, 29, Consultant, and Ryan, 36, Project Manager
Morena, 57, DJ/Fitness Instructor, and Tony, 53, Charter Captain
Rhi, 34, Account Manager, and Jeff, 39, Electrician
Ashleigh, 34, Dance Studio Owner, and Jake, 30, Teacher
Awhina, 30, Aged Care Worker, and Adrian, 30, E-Commerce Business Owner
Sierah, 31, Financial Associate Advisor, and Billy, 31, Plasterer
Jamie, 28, Account Manager, and Dave, 36, Builder
Katie, 37, CEO and Tim, 38, Primary School Teacher
Carina, 31, Digital Marketing Manager and Paul, 30, Wellness Advisor
Surrounded by loved ones at their wedding reception, the couple could be seen dancing with one another as their friends and family watched on in delight.
“I’m going to dip you, ready?” Ryan then said to Jacqui as the pair danced on the dancefloor.
As Ryan dipped his new bride backwards, she was leaned too far back and dramatically fell over.
Ryan ended up dropping Jacqui instead of dipping her, with him then taking a tumble too.
Losing his footing, Ryan went to save his wife before he landed on top of her.
One of the wedding guests then exclaimed that he had “ruined everything”.
A PREGNANCY test is always a nerve wracking moment.
But for Kristi Schmidt seeing two lines would change everything. She was about to discover if she was pregnant at 52 – with her own grandchild.
“I looked over at my daughter Heidi, then 28, who was gripping my hand as the seconds ticked by,” Kristi says.
“Was I about to make her a mum at last?”
The Californian mum and daughter had always been close.
“Heidi was always such an upbeat, positive girl,” Kristi says.
“And from the time she was a teenager, talked about being a mum one day.”
With two easy pregnancies at 22 and 24, Kristi had no reason to suspect that Heidi would struggle to conceive when the time came.
“I conceived so quickly and loved being pregnant,” Kristi says.
“I didn’t suffer from any of the usual side effects and had easy deliveries.
“It really felt like my body was made to be pregnant.”
When Heidi Lampros married fiancé John in 2015, they wanted to grow their family right away.
“We were both so excited,” Heidi remembers.
“I love children and couldn’t wait to have one of our own.
“For years we tried, and as time passed my excitement turned to sadness and worry.
“Mum tried to reassure me, but all around me, friends were having babies. When would it be our turn?”
Then finally in 2020 it happened and the couple
Heidi says: “I felt so excited walking into our first pregnancy scan. I had no idea what we were about to hear.”
The scan revealed that Heidi had uterine didelphys, meaning that she’d been born with two wombs.
“Then I heard that I was pregnant with twins, and one baby was growing in each uterus,” she says.
“It’s incredibly rare and only happens to one-in-three-million people.”
Tragically, their joy didn’t last.
At ten weeks a scan found that one of the babies didn’t have a heartbeat. Heidi and John were heartbroken.
“Then at 24 weeks, we learned that we were also losing our son,” she recalls.
“I was devastated, and because I was so far along, I needed to deliver him, a little boy we called Malakai.”
There was more awful news to come.
“My doctor said that I would be able to get pregnant again, but that I shouldn’t try. It would simply be too dangerous,” Heidi says.
“I was grief stricken and lost. All my dreams of building a family seemed to be shattered.’
Kristi could only watch her daughter’s anguish.
“I felt so helpless,” she says.
“As her mum, it was my job to help take away her pain, but it felt like there was nothing I could do.
“Then two months later Heidi called, her voice happier than it had been in so long. She’d discussed it with her doctor, she said, and IVF and surrogacy would be the next best step.”
As soon as she heard those words, Kristi made a decision.
“I knew immediately that I was going to be her surrogate,” she says.
“Heidi needed someone to take care of the embryo that she and John would create. Who better to do it than the baby’s own grandma?
“I didn’t say anything to Heidi at first. I wanted to sit with it for a few days and see if I might change my mind. In fact it only made me more determined that it was what I wanted to do.”
“I was speechless when mum told me about her plan,” says Heidi. “She was 52 and I knew from my own experience that pregnancy is unpredictable.
“I did feel a surge of hope at the idea. I’d read about a mother carrying a baby for her daughter.
“But I loved mum so much and would never put her in danger.”
Kristi pointed out how fit and healthy she was.
“As a retired teacher I had the time to really take care of myself,” Kristi says.
“And surely it was better for me to carry their baby than a stranger?”
“She was so sure,” adds Heidi. “And I knew she had the energy of someone twenty years younger.”
After speaking to John, who agreed that it was a good plan, the two of them went to see a fertility doctor.
I did have some people comment that by being pregnant, I was taking that experience away from Heidi
Kristi Schmidt
“I still hadn’t told my husband Ray,” Kristi says. “There didn’t seem much point until we knew it was possible.
“I was thrilled to hear that the doctor was open to the idea, so long as I passed all the medical checks.”
Kristi’s reproductive system, heart, lungs, hormones and blood pressure were all checked. She got the green light to start.
The grandmother says: “Ray didn’t hesitate when he heard about my offer to Heidi, just smiled and said, ‘Let’s go!’”
The first step was to create the embryos.
For ten days Kristi drove the 30 minutes to Heidi’s house to give her the hormone injections she needed to start her IVF cycle.
“Six months later, when our five embryos were safely in the clinic freezer, it was my turn to hold the needle,” laughs Heidi.
“Twice a day for ten days I needed a progesterone injection in my bottom, to prepare my uterus,” says Kristi
With her body ready, it was time for the embryo transfer.
“I didn’t look at the screen,” Kristi remembers. “My eyes were firmly on Heidi’s hopeful, excited face.
“I silently promised her that she’d have this baby in her arms in nine months’ time.
“As we left, the doctor gave her an envelope. Heidi opened it, showed me the card that said,
‘Hi Mummy, I’m a little girl’ and we both dissolved into tears.’”
Nine days later they stood together and saw the pregnancy test turn positive.
Surrogacy is the name given for a type of pregnancy where a woman carries and gives birth to another person's baby.
The surrogate mother is then expected to give up the baby at birth, so it can be raised by the couple who originally wanted the baby.
Surrogacy is often an option for those unable to have children themselves, or for male same sex couples.
According to surrogacy charity Childlessness Overcome Through Surrogacy (COTS), there are two different types of surrogacy.
Kristi says: “Heidi grabbed her phone to call John, and I called Ray. ‘I’m having a baby at 52!’ I said, laughing through the joyful tears.”
After 28 years, Kristi was amazed at how normal her pregnancy felt.
“Everything just flooded back,” she admits.
“If I was tired or had morning sickness I could sleep. In fact, it was easier than it had been with Heidi and her brother.”
There were some challenges as her bump grew, and it became clear that she was pregnant at 52.
“The counsellor at the fertility clinic had warned us that not everyone would be totally supportive of what we were doing,” says Kristi.
“I did have some people comment that by being pregnant, I was taking that experience away from Heidi.
“Others thought that by being their surrogate, I was somehow having a baby with John.
“I’d just smile and reply, ‘I had nothing to do with conceiving this baby. I’m just a safe place for my grandchild to grow.’
“As for Ray, he loved cheerfully announcing to strangers, ‘This is my wife, she’s pregnant and it’s not mine.’ Then, when he saw the confusion on their faces, he’d continue: ‘She’s carrying our grandbaby.’”
Heidi admits that she did struggle with anxiety.
“Mum would update me constantly and I was there for every scan and appointment,” she says.
“But after the trauma of losing my twins, I knew things don’t always go to plan.
“I desperately wanted mum and the baby to be safe and I couldn’t quite let myself believe that this was real.
“Finally at our baby shower I believed, for the first time, that I was going to have a child of my own. All because of my incredible mum.”
For Kristi, there was never a question that this baby she was carrying was hers.
“I never felt like a mum-in-waiting,” she says.
The three of us spend so much time together, it’s so joyful to be her ‘Gigi’
Kristi Schmidt
“I loved the baby growing inside me, but I was just a loving babysitter, a grandma-in-waiting.”
In a planned caesarean in March 2022, with Heidi by her side, Ekko Joy was born.
“My incredible 6lb 4oz granddaughter was handed directly to Heidi, just as we’d planned, and I was overwhelmed with happiness,” Kristi says.
“Cuddling her close I felt like I was coming to life,” says Heidi.
“After all the heartbreak, grief and anxiety, she was here at last. I’d never felt love like it.
“And she was only there, safe in my arms, because of what mum had done for me. I knew that I’d never be able to thank her enough for bringing me my daughter.”
Ekko was kept in the NICU because of a heart murmur and an issue with her bowel. But Kristi, who expressed milk for Ekko, was able to go home after three days.
“When I held Ekko for the first time the following week, I felt like I’d known her forever,” Kristi says.
“We were all in tears. I was the happiest grandma in the world.”
Ekko is now a happy, boisterous three-year-old, and her bond with Kristi is stronger than ever.
“The three of us spend so much time together,” says Kristi. “It’s so joyful to be her ‘Gigi’.
“I don’t need any thanks for what I did. It was an honour to help heal Heidi’s heart and make her a mum at last.”
